2 Samuel 18:30

THE MESSAGE

The king said, "Step aside and stand over there." So he stepped aside.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The king said, “Move aside and stand here.” So he stood to one side.

Hebrew Names Version
The king said, Turn aside, and stand here. He turned aside, and stood still.

King James Version
And the king said unto him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still.

Lexham English Bible
Then the king said, "Turn aside, take your place here," so he turned aside and waited.

English Standard Version
And the king said, "Turn aside and stand here." So he turned aside and stood still.

New Century Version
The king said, "Step over here and wait." So Ahimaaz stepped aside and stood there.

New English Translation
The king said, "Turn aside and take your place here." So he turned aside and waited.

Amplified Bible
The king told him, "Step aside; stand here." And he stepped aside and stood still.

New American Standard Bible
Then the king said, "Turn aside and stand here." So he turned aside and stood still.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the King said vnto him, Turne aside, and stand here. so he turned aside & stoode still.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then the king said, "Turn aside and stand here." So he turned aside and stood still.

Contemporary English Version
David told him, "Stand over there and wait." Ahimaaz went over and stood there.

Complete Jewish Bible
The king said, "Go, and stand over there." So he went and stood there.

Darby Translation
And the king said, Turn aside [and] stand here. And he turned aside and stood still.

Easy-to-Read Version
Then the king said, "Step over here and wait." Ahimaaz went there and stood waiting.

George Lamsa Translation
And the king said to him, Turn aside and stand here. And he turned aside and stood still.

Good News Translation
"Stand over there," the king told him; and he went over and stood there.

Literal Translation
And the king said, Turn aside, stand here. And he turned aside and stood.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The kynge sayde: Go aboute, and stonde here. And he wente aboute and stode there.

American Standard Version
And the king said, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still.

Bible in Basic English
And the king said, Get back and take your place here. So turning to one side, he took his place there.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the king sayde vnto him: Turne aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stoode styll.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the king said: 'Turn aside, and stand here.' And he turned aside, and stood still.

King James Version (1611)
And the king said vnto him, Turne aside and stand here. And hee turned aside, and stood still.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the king said, Turn aside, stand still here. And he turned aside, and stood.

English Revised Version
And the king said, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still.

Berean Standard Bible
"Move aside," said the king, "and stand here." So he stepped aside.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
To whom the kyng seide, Passe thou, and stonde here. And whanne he hadde passid, and stood, Chusi apperide;

Young's Literal Translation
And the king saith, `Turn round, station thyself here;' and he turneth round and standeth still.

Update Bible Version
And the king said, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the king said [to him], Turn aside, [and] stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still.

World English Bible
The king said, Turn aside, and stand here. He turned aside, and stood still.

New King James Version
And the king said, "Turn aside and stand here." So he turned aside and stood still.

New Living Translation
"Wait here," the king told him. So Ahimaaz stepped aside.

New Life Bible
Then the king said, "Turn aside and stand here." So he turned aside and stood still.

New Revised Standard
The king said, "Turn aside, and stand here." So he turned aside, and stood still.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the king said, Aside! stand, here. So he turned aside, and stood.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the king said to him: Pass, and stand here.

Revised Standard Version
And the king said, "Turn aside, and stand here." So he turned aside, and stood still.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the king said, "Turn aside and stand here." So he turned aside and stood still.

Contextual Overview

¹⁹Ahimaaz, Zadok's son, said, "Let me run to the king and bring him the good news that God has delivered him from his enemies." But Joab said, "You're not the one to deliver the good news today; some other day, maybe, but it's not ‘good news' today." (This was because the king's son was dead.) ²¹ Then Joab ordered a Cushite, "You go. Tell the king what you've seen." "Yes sir," said the Cushite, and ran off. ²² Ahimaaz son of Zadok kept at it, begging Joab, "What does it matter? Let me run, too, following the Cushite." Joab said, "Why all this ‘Run, run'? You'll get no thanks for it, I can tell you." ²³ "I don't care; let me run." "Okay," said Joab, "run." So Ahimaaz ran, taking the lower valley road, and passed the Cushite. ²⁴David was sitting between the two gates. The sentry had gone up to the top of the gate on the wall and looked around. He saw a solitary runner. The sentry called down and told the king. The king said, "If he's alone, it must be good news!" As the runner came closer, the sentry saw another runner and called down to the gate, "Another runner all by himself." And the king said, "This also must be good news." Then the sentry said, "I can see the first man now; he runs like Ahimaaz son of Zadok." "He's a good man," said the king. "He's bringing good news for sure." Then Ahimaaz called out and said to the king, "Peace!" Then he bowed deeply before the king, his face to the ground. "Blessed be your God ; he has handed over the men who rebelled against my master the king." The king asked, "But is the young man Absalom all right?" Ahimaaz said, "I saw a huge ruckus just as Joab was sending me off, but I don't know what it was about." The king said, "Step aside and stand over there." So he stepped aside. Then the Cushite arrived and said, "Good news, my master and king! God has given victory today over all those who rebelled against you!" "But," said the king, "is the young man Absalom all right?" And the Cushite replied, "Would that all of the enemies of my master the king and all who maliciously rose against you end up like that young man." The king was stunned. Heartbroken, he went up to the room over the gate and wept. As he wept he cried out, O my son Absalom, my dear, dear son Absalom! Why not me rather than you, my death and not yours, O Absalom, my dear, dear son! ²⁶ David organized his forces. He appointed captains of thousands and captains of hundreds. Then David deployed his troops, a third under Joab, a third under Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third under Ittai the Gittite. The king then announced, "I'm marching with you." They said, "No, you mustn't march with us. If we're forced to retreat, the enemy won't give it a second thought. And if half of us die, they won't do so either. But you are worth ten thousand of us. It will be better for us if you stay in the city and help from there." "If you say so," said the king. "I'll do what you think is best." And so he stood beside the city gate as the whole army marched out by hundreds and by thousands. Then the king ordered Joab and Abishai and Ittai, "Deal gently for my sake with the young man Absalom." The whole army heard what the king commanded the three captains regarding Absalom. The army took the field to meet Israel. It turned out that the battle was joined in the Forest of Ephraim. The army of Israel was beaten badly there that day by David's men, a terrific slaughter—twenty thousand men! There was fighting helter-skelter all over the place—the forest claimed more lives that day than the sword! Absalom ran into David's men, but was out in front of them riding his mule, when the mule ran under the branches of a huge oak tree. Absalom's head was caught in the oak and he was left dangling between heaven and earth, the mule running right out from under him. A solitary soldier saw him and reported it to Joab, "I just saw Absalom hanging from an oak tree!" Joab said to the man who told him, "If you saw him, why didn't you kill him then and there? I'd have rewarded you with ten pieces of silver and a fancy belt." The man told Joab, "Even if I'd had a chance at a thousand pieces of silver, I wouldn't have laid a hand on the king's son. We all heard the king command you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘For my sake, protect the young man Absalom.' Why, I'd be risking my life, for nothing is hidden from the king. And you would have just stood there!" Joab said, "I can't waste my time with you." He then grabbed three knives and stabbed Absalom in the heart while he was still alive in the tree; by then Absalom was surrounded by ten of Joab's armor bearers; they hacked away at him and killed him. Joab then blew the ram's horn trumpet, calling off the army in its pursuit of Israel. They took Absalom, dumped him into a huge pit in the forest, and piled an immense mound of rocks over him. Meanwhile the whole army of Israel was in flight, each man making his own way home. While alive, Absalom had erected for himself a pillar in the Valley of the King, "because," he said, "I have no son to carry on my name." He inscribed the pillar with his own name. To this day it is called "The Absalom Memorial." Ahimaaz, Zadok's son, said, "Let me run to the king and bring him the good news that God has delivered him from his enemies." But Joab said, "You're not the one to deliver the good news today; some other day, maybe, but it's not ‘good news' today." (This was because the king's son was dead.) Then Joab ordered a Cushite, "You go. Tell the king what you've seen." "Yes sir," said the Cushite, and ran off. Ahimaaz son of Zadok kept at it, begging Joab, "What does it matter? Let me run, too, following the Cushite." Joab said, "Why all this ‘Run, run'? You'll get no thanks for it, I can tell you." "I don't care; let me run." "Okay," said Joab, "run." So Ahimaaz ran, taking the lower valley road, and passed the Cushite. David was sitting between the two gates. The sentry had gone up to the top of the gate on the wall and looked around. He saw a solitary runner. The sentry called down and told the king. The king said, "If he's alone, it must be good news!" As the runner came closer, the sentry saw another runner and called down to the gate, "Another runner all by himself." And the king said, "This also must be good news." ²⁷ Then the sentry said, "I can see the first man now; he runs like Ahimaaz son of Zadok." "He's a good man," said the king. "He's bringing good news for sure." ²⁸ Then Ahimaaz called out and said to the king, "Peace!" Then he bowed deeply before the king, his face to the ground. "Blessed be your God ; he has handed over the men who rebelled against my master the king." ²⁹ The king asked, "But is the young man Absalom all right?" Ahimaaz said, "I saw a huge ruckus just as Joab was sending me off, but I don't know what it was about." ³⁰ The king said, "Step aside and stand over there." So he stepped aside.

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Cross-References

Genesis 18:9
The men said to him, "Where is Sarah your wife?" He said, "In the tent."

Genesis 18:11
Abraham and Sarah were old by this time, very old. Sarah was far past the age for having babies. Sarah laughed within herself, "An old woman like me? Get pregnant? With this old man of a husband?"

Genesis 18:16
When the men got up to leave, they set off for Sodom. Abraham walked with them to say good-bye.

Genesis 18:29
Abraham spoke up again, "What if you only find forty?" "Neither will I destroy it if for forty."

Genesis 44:18
Judah came forward. He said, "Please, master; can I say just one thing to you? Don't get angry. Don't think I'm presumptuous—you're the same as Pharaoh as far as I'm concerned. You, master, asked us, ‘Do you have a father and a brother?' And we answered honestly, ‘We have a father who is old and a younger brother who was born to him in his old age. His brother is dead and he is the only son left from that mother. And his father loves him more than anything.'

Judges 6:39
Then Gideon said to God, "Don't be impatient with me, but let me say one more thing. I want to try another time with the fleece. But this time let the fleece stay dry, while the dew drenches the ground."

Psalms 10:17
The victim's faint pulse picks up; the hearts of the hopeless pump red blood as you put your ear to their lips. Orphans get parents, the homeless get homes. The reign of terror is over, the rule of the gang lords is ended.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the king said [unto him], turn aside, [and] stand here,.... On the side of him, not far from him, until the other messenger came, that he might learn from them both the true state of the case:

and he turned aside, and stood still; saying nothing more to the king, nor he to him.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 18:30. Stand here. — He intended to confront two messengers, and compare their accounts.